Shut Up & Knit!

Is it over yet? Or Random Announcements & Hate

Okay, there will be love, too, but it's going to cranky love.

Shut up.

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I love this and KmKat for posting it.

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The black stuff in my filter pitcher did turn out to be charcoal from the filter and not some kind of icky toxic black death mold or anything.

I may even live.

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Today marks the beginning of that holiday season and it is also my annual reminder that I do not belong in the nation in which I was born.  I will mostly be crankier than usual until mid-January.  Even that depends on who goes to the Super Bowl.

While it would be a simple thing to lower my standards, join the Church of the Shopping Mall and embrace the Stuff, it's just not going to happen.  I like my old fashioned ideas... and please don't confuse me with someone who is traditional because that I am not.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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There's all this talk about Joe the Plumber and how he's struggling.  His cousin Greg the Plumber came over to look at a dripping facet*.  He told me it would be almost $500 to replace the facet and the sink.

A perfectly good custom-made-for-that-vanity-cabinet sink, thankyouverymuch.

I did a little googling, found a facet I could live with and, for about a hundred bucks, replaced the facet... had lunch and treated myself to a huge coke as a reward for doing it myself (without whining here).

Joe the Plumber may deserve the trouble he's in.

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Now if you'll excuse me, I have lace to knit and neighbors to mock.

Happy Halloween Friday!

*  It was a not good brand of facet that didn't have any washers for me to replace.  The problem was inside the facet itself and, therefore, needed to be replaced vs changing a washer or something.  No clue why he thought the sink needed to go.  I was too mad to ask.

What progress?

The knitting has been very frustrating lately. Along with a lot of other things, but I miss the knitting most.

Monday night, I found some black stuff living/growing in the bottom of my water filter pitcher thingy.  Think that had anything to do with how crappy I've been feeling lately?  Or that headache I can't get rid of? 

Yeah.

Yesterday, I spent the day being dehydrated, getting a new filter/etc and recovering from being dehydrated. Yes, it was a lot of fun and a very good reminder of what happens when I don't drink enough water and when I forget how long it's been since my last filter change/pitcher washing. I also spent some time pondering how it's not really PMS.

I'm just a total bitch, and I'm okay with that.

Also...

It's sort of telling that the high point of my week has been a new flavor of yogurt. Key Lime Pie for the curious/stalkers. I only eat that stuff this time of year because... yeah... I know there are better for me yogurts out there.

I think I've done more ripping than knitting this week.  I ripped, caked and returned to stash the yarn from the big pink lace project that I was supposed to be knitting with my Joan.   Too much of the summer's pain and heartbreak was knit into it.  I just didn't see myself ever wearing it, so it's been returned to the stash.  No, we will not discuss how close it was to being done.

I have also ripped the fluzzy cardi.  While I was following the pattern, it was not coming out as expected.  The seed stitch border started way too early and I'm not in the mood to try to figure out if I can make it work or not.  All along I've been questioning if it was the right pattern for the yarn.  Now I'll be spending some more time thinking that over.

However, there really has been knitting.

I even bought the knitting some beads and a tiny crochet hook.  I'm hoping those little bribes will help things go smoothly, but we'll see.  I had to tink back a row and a half last night.

Think I could blame Mark Harmon for that?

No Mockery of Love Today

The pattern is Mockery Socks.  The pattern is free.  I saw a pair of these during the sock summer thingy, (y'all know) and really liked how they looked.

The yarn is Dream In Color Smooshy in Blue Lagoon, which was a gift from my wonderful  Sandy.  This was my first time working with the Smooshy yarn.  (I always want to type Smoochy, but I think that would be a totally different kind of yarn.)  It's a very nice to work with yarn, but I don't understand why people are so excited about it.  It is not the second fucking coming.  It's just sock yarn.

Ya know?

I used my beloved 2.75 mm dpns, and CCSR heels and toes.  I'm 38, I don't have enough time left to be knitting flaps and picking shit up.

I love how this pair of socks fits, feels and looks.  The pattern is simple and has a lovely stitch pattern that may not come across in the photos on their site.

Wanna see the socks I'm talking about?

Go here and see!

What's not to love?

A Blank Sunday Sock

I couldn't take the rumpled socks anymore, so, after taking this photo, I ripped both socks back, hanked the yarn and have it soaking in a sink of hot water and white vinegar.

The label warns that "a slight amount of color loss is not unusual".  I take that to mean lots of bleeding.

So far, so good.

However, I have yet to rinse anything.

We'll see.

The kinked yarn was taking a toll on my gauge and on the way I knit.  There were parts of the sock that looked like I had not gotten both plies.  Even though, I know that I did.  Too twisted or something, I guess.

Once dry and smooth, I will give this another try. 

I do like the yarn and the colors. 

Just not kink.

Either I'm getting old or pickier as a knitter.

Or both.

Shut up.

& Have a lovely Sunday!

More Boring Blue Sky

I'm sorry. 

I missed the gorgeous pink sunset last night and only have this clear blue boring sky to offer.

Even the tree looks a bit mangy at this point.

I think it's just going to be one of those weekends, frankly, which is fine as long as it stays quiet.

We still hate people, ya know.

Margene told me to start knitting on the sock blank from yesterday ASAP, so I cast on last night because one does not refuse Margene.

So far, so good.

Although, I am not a fan of the kinky yarn.

Yes, I do see the irony in this.

Shut up.

It's unlikely that I will have a finished pair for tomorrow.  Yes, I know that's a shock.  :p  However, I should have enough done to show.  At this point, all I know is that they will need a good blocking before they really look like socks.  The kinky yarn has them looking a bit rumpled.  Not something we want in our socks.

Last Saturday, I made another apple cake.  This time with pecans added in.  This week, it's going to be another maple apple crisp and some time spend pondering soup because I need more for the freezer.

Yes, I really am that exciting.

Happy Saturday, people!